Deuteronomy 30 · Verse 8

Deuteronomy 30:8

And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
Deuteronomy 30:8, King James Version

Deuteronomy 30:8 in other translations

BSBAnd you will again obey the voice of the LORD and follow all His commandments I am giving you today.
WEBYou shall return and obey the LORD’s voice, and do all his commandments which I command you today.
ASVAnd thou shalt return and obey the voice of Jehovah, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
YLT‘And thou dost turn back, and hast hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and hast done all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day;
DARBYBut thou shalt return and hearken to the voice of Jehovah, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
BBEAnd you will again give ear to the voice of the Lord, and do all his orders which I have given you today.
WebsterAnd thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.

What does Deuteronomy 30:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 30:1-10

De 30:1-10. Great Mercies Promised unto the Penitent. 1-10. when all these things are come upon thee, ... and thou shalt return ... then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity--The hopes of the Hebrew people are ardently directed to this promise, and they confidently expect that God, commiserating their forlorn and fallen condition, will yet rescue them from all the evils of their long dispersion. They do not…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 30:1-10

In this chapter is a plain intimation of the mercy God has in store for Israel in the latter days. This passage refers to the prophetic warnings of the last two chapters, which have been mainly fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, and in their dispersion to the present day; and there can be no doubt that the prophetic promise contained in these verses yet remain to come to pass. The Jewish nation…

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Deuteronomy 30:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאַתָּ֣הve.'a.Tahand youH859
תָשׁ֔וּבta.Shuvyou will turnH7725
וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖ve.sha.ma'.Taand you will listenH8085
בְּק֣וֹלbe.Kolto [the] voice ofH6963
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ve.'a.Si.taand you will doH6213
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
מִצְוֹתָ֔יוmitz.vo.Tavcommandments hisH4687
אֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherwhichH834
אָנֹכִ֥י'a.no.KhiIH595
מְצַוְּךָ֖me.tza.ve.Kha[am] commanding youH6680
הַיּֽוֹם\׃hai.Yomthis dayH3117

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 30:8

  • Ephesians 2:16

    And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

  • Ezekiel 36:27

    And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

  • Jeremiah 32:39-40

    And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

  • Ezekiel 11:19-20

    And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

  • Ezekiel 37:24

    And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

  • Deuteronomy 30:2

    And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;

  • Jeremiah 31:33

    But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  • Philippians 2:13

    For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

  • Isaiah 1:25-26

    And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

  • Proverbs 16:1

    The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.

  • Romans 11:26-27

    And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

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2; Pr 16:1; Isa 1:25,26; Jer 31:33; 32:39,40; Eze 11:19,20; 36:27
Eze 37:24; Ro 11:26,27; Eph 2:16; Php 2:13

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 30:7

    And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.

  • Deuteronomy 30:8

    And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.

  • Deuteronomy 30:9

    And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:

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Deuteronomy 30:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y tú volverás, y oirás la voz de Jehová, y pondrás por obra todos sus mandamientos, que yo te intimo hoy.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et toi, tu reviendras, et tu écouteras la voix de l’ Éternel, et tu pratiqueras tous ses commandements que je te commande aujourd’hui.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und du, du wirst umkehren und der Stimme Jehovas gehorchen, und wirst alle seine Gebote tun, die ich dir heute gebiete.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Tu autem reverteris, et audies vocem Domini Dei tui, faciesque universa mandata quæ ego præcipio tibi hodie: